In the capital of Kazakhstan, an Islamist shot at the police department
A shootout took place in the center of Almaty, Kazakh media reported.
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According to eyewitnesses, in the area of the Nikolsky market, where the district police department is located, there were first single shots, and then a line. After this, an unknown person ran with a machine gun and was chased by police.
There are already five victims in the intensive care unit of the Almaty hospital, and the wounded continue to arrive.
Facebook user Mergen Prohant claims that the shooter was dressed in black and shouted “Allahu Akbar!”
“A man in black ran out, apparently with a machine gun, fired towards the police, tried to stop the car, but everyone quickly left, and then ran in an easterly direction,” Prohant wrote. Later he posted a photo of the eliminated terrorist.
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